Tag-fastener.



G. A; WADSWORTH. TIAG PASTENER. f APPLICATION IILED JUNE 3, 1908.

Q 938,446. Patented 0013.26, 1909,

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' maintain approximately relative positions as UNITED STATES PATENT ore-Ion.

GEORGE A. WADSWORTH, OF SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS,' ASSIGNOR TO DENNISON MANUFACTURING (30., OF SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, A

CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

TAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 26, 1909.

Application filed June 8, 1908. Serial No. 436,348.

' WORTH, of .South Framingham, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an. Improvement in Tag-Fasteners,

of which the following is a specification:

1 This invention relates to tag-fasteners of that varlety'composed of a single piece of wire bent to form a loop having a piercingpoint and a reversely, arranged hook.

- The invention has for its ob ect to 1mprove the construction of the loop by making it wider at the middle than at its ends, as for instance, it may be made diamond shape, whereby a hook having an obtuse-angled shank and an acute-angled end is provided, permitting slight elongation thereof without bending its end, and an obtuse-angled piercing-arm is also provided permitting the end of the hook and the arm to the hook is elongated; also whereby it is adapted to receive the tag and also a large pinch'of .goods, and its hook member employed as a fingertengaging portion to facilitate thrusting the piercing-arm through and withdrawingit from t whereby it is much stronger than tag-fasteners 'of this variety having loops which are otherwiseformed; also, to arrange the reverse hook so that-it overlies the piercingarm, whereby a greater transverse strain is required to separate the hook and piercingarm sufliciently to permit of the detachmentof the fastener than is required when the hook" is arranged in the plane of the loop.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tag-fasteller-embodying this invention. Fig.2 is

'an enlarged edge view of thefastener shown in Fig. 1, the tag being removed from the fastener. tenor attached to the goods-andjbeing manipulated to remove it therefrom, the tag beingremoved from the fastener. I

The fastener is composedof a single piece of wire, bent to form an oblong loop, which is made wider at the middle than at the ends.

Said loop is herein represented as diamondangled. sides and c, d, the other obtuse-angled side. i The side (1,1), is intended to serve e goods, and

Fig. 3 is a view showing the fas-' as the piercing-arm, and itwill be observed that its end portion a, extends in an upward direction from the lower end of the downwardly extended portion 6, and also projects beyond the end of the loop, and such construction provides for easily operating the arm to pierce the goods. Said side a, bis also intended to receive the goods pierced by it, and by bending it at anobtuse angle, as

shown, the loop is made much wider at the middle than at the ends, and thereby affords a large unobstructed space for the goods. The end of theportion a is pointed. The side "a, (Z is intended to serve as a hook to prevent-retraction of the fastener and its accidental detachment from the goods, and also as a fingenengaging portion adapted to .be engaged by the fingers for the purpose of manipulating the fastener to engage and disengage the goods.

To form the hook the end of the end portion (Z is bent backward, as at e, at an acute angle, which, as here shown, corresponds in shape and degree to the acute angle provided' at'the opposite end of the loop, and said portion 6 extends along against or close to and in parallelism with the portion a or thereabout, and terminates a short distance before reaching thev obtuse-angled bend in 0:, b; The end of the portion e is pointed. As here shown the portion 0 overlies the-por tion a' of the loop. The hook is thus ararm outward, in a direction to widen the loop at theend, sufficiently to form a space between the piercing-arm and the portion e for the detachment of the fastener, and a strain on the fastener which would thus tend .to move the piercing-arm is not in the proper direction to detach the fastener from the goods, a transverse strain being required to t us move the piercing-arm, whereas .a

longitudinal strain is required to withdraw.

the fastener." Furthermore, by bending the 5 side a, d, at an obtuse ang e, as shown, the.

shank of the hook is-permitted to bend and thereby straighten out and correspondingly elongate by a strain or pull upon it in the direction of the Iengthof the loop, which is much less than is required to bend and straighten out the hook which is formed by bending the wire at an acute angle, hence the loop may be slightly elongated by a strain or pull upon it, Without bending the hook and thereby. disengaging it from the goods, and furthermore the loop is widened at the middle to especially well adapt it to receive a large affords a pro ectmg side portion wlnch.1s=

adapted to be easily engaged by the fingers for the purpose of manipulating the fastener to engage and disengage the goods. The,

points of the piercing-arm and hook are here shown as bevelech'so that the points are arranged at one side of the wire, and said points are arranged both on the inside of the fastener, so as to readily engage the material to which the fastener is to be attached.

When manipulating the fastener to engage the goods the finger-engaging portion 0, (Z,

will be engaged by the fingers and while held the fastener will beadvanced and the piercing-armthrust through the goods, the piercing-arm-moving downwardly or laterally or both downwardly and laterally with respect to the finger-engaging portion .as it passes through the goods. lVhen manipulating the fastener to disengage the goods the piercing arm' will be held by the goods or the goods will be held by the fingers of one hand and the'finger-engaging portion will be engaged by the fingers of the other hand andthen the fastener will be withdrawn, the finger-engaging portion moving upwardly or later-- ally or both upwardly and laterally with respect to the piercing-arm to permit of the withdrawal of the piercing-arm. As the 'loop is slightly elongated by a strain or pull upon it, in the direction of its length, the obtuseangled shankof the hook will straighten, but the acuteangled end of the hook will not bend, and while thus elongating the end of-the hook will maintain approximately its relative position to the piercpinch of goods, and also loop, one of the obtuse-angled sides of which has its end reversed at an acute angle and forming a hook having an obtuse-angled shank and a V-shaped end, and the other obtuse-angled side of which is extended beyond the end ofthe loop and forming an obtuseangled piercing-arm, the single obtusc-angled bend in the shank of the hook permitting elongation of the hook by a strain in the'direction of its length, and the V-shaped end of the hook preventing bending of the hook at such point when the hook is thus elongated, and the, obtuseangled piercing-arm providing for maintaining approximate relative positions of the hook and arm when the hook is thus'elongated, substantially as described.

2. A tag vfastener composed of a single piece of wire bent to form a diamond-shaped loop, the two obtuse-angled side portions of which comprise the opposite end portions of the wire, one of said side portions being extended beyond the endofthe loop and forming a piercing-arm and the end of the other side portion being reversed to form a hook, said reversed end portion overlying the piercing arm and terminating in front of the obtuse-angled bend therein,.-substantially' as described.

, In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. v GEORGE A. WADSXVORTH. WVitnesses E. J. MERRIAM, FRED L. OAKS. 

